§ 919. Block indices in offices of county clerks. 1. New York, Bronx,\nKings and Queens counties. a. The county clerks of the counties of New\nYork, Bronx, Kings and Queens shall continue to index under the proper\nblock numbers all instruments now required by law to be recorded in the\nbooks of notices of lis pendens. Such block index of notice of lis\npendens shall be entitled "the block index of notice of lis pendens" and\nshall be ruled for entering therein the date of filing, the nature of\nthe action, the nature of the instrument, the court and index number,\nthe first named defendant, the first named plaintiff, the lot number or\nstreet address, if any, the microfilm number and the proceedings had.\n b. The county clerk of each of such counties shall also continue to\nindex under the proper block numbers all statutory notices of liens or\nclaims on land other than lis pendens which may be filed or recorded in\nhis office, which index shall be entitled "the block index of liens" and\nshall be ruled for entering therein the date of filing, the nature of\nthe instrument, the owner of the premises affected by the notice, the\nname and address of the lienor by whom the claim is made, the amount,\nthe lot number or street address, if any, and the proceeding had.\n c. On and after July first, nineteen hundred sixty-four, the use of\nland maps in the offices of the clerks of the counties of New York,\nBronx, Kings and Queens shall be discontinued, and the land maps\npreviously in use shall remain on file for the purpose of reference. On\nand after such date, the tax maps for the boroughs of Manhattan, Bronx,\nBrooklyn and Queens shall be substituted for the land maps theretofore\nin use for the counties of New York, Bronx, Kings and Queens, and\nreference shall be had to such tax maps and to the block numbers\ndesignated thereon for the purpose of indexing instruments required to\nbe indexed in the block index of notice of lis pendens or in the block\nindex of liens. Such tax maps shall be conclusive as to the location of\nblock boundaries and block number designations. The tax map for each\nborough may be referred to as the land map for the particular county\nwhich it affects.\n d. Except in the counties where existing land and tax blocks are\npresently identical, on and after July first, nineteen hundred\nsixty-four, the indices of all blocks theretofore existing in the block\nindex of notice of lis pendens and in the block index of liens shall be\nclosed except for the purpose of completing the indexing of instruments\nfiled prior to such date. New block indices shall thereupon be opened\nfor the block index of notice of lis pendens and for the block index of\nliens, which new indices shall be numbered to conform with the block\nnumbers designated on the tax map of the borough for the particular\ncounty to which it relates and which shall thenceforth be used for all\nentries relating to land in such blocks. The date of closing shall be\nentered at the end of each block index so closed and a reference shall\nbe made to the block number of the corresponding block in the new block\nindex. All such new block indices shall be endorsed on the covers\nthereof so as to show the date of the opening thereof.\n e. Whenever the boundaries of any block on the tax map shall\nthereafter be changed or altered and renumbered according to law, the\nblock indices of notice of lis pendens and of liens of such block\ntheretofore existing comprising the land in the changed or altered block\nso renumbered as aforesaid shall, except for the purpose of completing\nthe indexing of instruments filed prior to such change or alteration and\nrenumbering be closed and discontinued and new block indices of notice\nof lis pendens and of liens shall be opened for every such renumbered\nblock, which new index shall thenceforth be used for all entries\nrelating to land in such block. The date of closing shall be entered at\nthe end of each block index so c
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